September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time911realtime.org788 points·by smohnot·5 tahun yang lalu·445 comments
smohnot·10 bulan yang lalu·discussTikTok has not been sold for $14B but Trump signed an executive order to transfer TikTok to US owners... for less than 1x it's US revenue.It reminds me of the oligarchs in Russia, license raj in India, privatization in Mexico etc…being close to political power lets folks buy up crown-jewel assets at a fraction of their true value.
smohnot·4 tahun yang lalu·discussI think the main reason the Bloomberg article got to the top rather than the source (theinformation) is that The Information is beyond a paywall that you can't bypass.Good question about journalistic ethics.
It reminds me of the oligarchs in Russia, license raj in India, privatization in Mexico etc…
being close to political power lets folks buy up crown-jewel assets at a fraction of their true value.